I often do this version of Seared Tuna as a starter. By special request here is the recipe!

Ingredients:

2 Saku Blocks Tuna

2 tbsp Olive Oil

2tbsp each black and white sesame seeds

1 granny smith apple, cut into match sticks

1 cucumber, cut into matchsticks

4 spring onions (scallions), cut into matchsticks

Serves 8 as a starter.

Sweet Soy & Chilli Sauce

3 tbsp Soy Sauce

1 tbsp brown sugar

1 thumb-sized red chilli pepper, deseeded and stem removed

2 garlic cloves

1inch fresh ginger, peeled and chopped

juice of 2 limes

2 tbsp caster sugar

Place all of the ingredients in a food processor/blender and puree until fairly smooth.

Rub the Saku tuna blocks with olive oil and roll them in salt & pepper and the sesame seeds.

Heat a dry pan until smoking and sear the tuna on all sides (about 1 minute each side)

Allow the tuna to cool slightly and then wrap very tightly in clingfilm  and put in the fridge, preferably overnight but at least an hour.  (the longer it is in the fridge and the tighter it is wrapped the easier it will be to slice)

Unwrap the fish and slick very thinly, about 1/4 inch

Arrange a bed of spring onions, cucumber and green apple on individual plates and top with the tuna.  Serve with the Sweet Soy & Chilli Sauce